Person in the Tomb
Abacı Dede was one of the most renowned ecstatic dervishes of Üsküdar.
It is said that throughout his life he wore and sold garments made of aba cloth.
The popular rhyme “I have an aba; I throw it down / Wherever I am, there I lie down” is traditionally attributed to him.
After his death, he was buried in the place where he had lived.
According to tradition, Grand Vizier Nevşehirli İbrahim Pasha heard of his fame and had a tomb built over his grave.
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The tomb is a simple structure with masonry walls and a wooden roof.
It has a window facing Abacı Dede Street, which bears his name, and a wooden door on the side opening onto a dead-end street.
The structure has no inscription.
The brick-built sarcophagus was plastered with cement and covered with a wooden coffin-like cover.
The headstone features a Selimi-style turban motif, and the date H. 1116 (1704–1705) is engraved on it.
The tomb also contains the broken headstone of Ümmühani Hatun, who is believed to have been Abacı Dede’s mother.
